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There are a variety of restaurants within a few blocks of the theatre. Here are just a few...

Bistro Twenty-Seven
(804) 780-0086
27 W. Broad Street

Price range: entrees starting at $15
Lunch hours: M – F, 11:30 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Dinner hours: M – Th, 5 p.m. – 10 p.m.; F – Sat, 5 p.m. – 11 p.m.
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Twenty-Seven is a lively American bistro located in downtown Richmond at the corner of Broad & Adams Streets. With floor-to-ceiling, wrap-around windows and airy 20-ft. ceilings, Twenty-Seven offers a dining experience like no other in Richmond.

Popkin Tavern
(804) 343-1909
123 West Broad Street

Price Range: Most sandwiches & entrees $8 - $11
Hours: Monday-Thursday 4pm - 2am; Fri 11:30am - 2:00am;
Sat 4:30pm - 2:00am
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Standard pub fare in a recently refurbished tavern. Sandwiches, Pizza, Steak and Chicken.

 

Tarrant’s Café
(804) 225-0035
1 W. Broad Street

Price range: most entrees under $15
Hours: M – Th, 10 a.m. – 10 p.m.; F – Sat., 10 a.m. – Midnight
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Tarrant’s features a wide array of gourmet salads, sandwiches and soups as well as delicious entrees, all with a bistro flare. Located just a block away from the Empire, this cozy nook of a restaurant still features some of the décor from its days as a corner drugstore!

 

For matinees consider Lift Coffee:

Lift Coffee Shop
(804) 344-LIFT
218 W. Broad Street

Price range: under $10
Hours: M – F, 7 a.m. – 7 p.m.; Sat, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.

Lift offers an energetic place to enjoy your favorite coffee and espresso drinks, fresh baked goods, lunches, desserts and local art!
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